Somali News Update

Tuesday - March 3, 2015

Speaking at a high level panel discussion on sexual violence in Somalia theSpecial Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), Nicholas Kay and the Special Representative of the AU Commission Chairperson (SRCC), Maman S. Sidikou made a joint call for increased measures to protect Somalia’s women and girls

Monday - March 2, 2015

NAIROBI (HOL) ---- Security has been beefed up in the Kenyan capital after intelligence information emerged that the Al-Qaeda-linked group in Somalia are planning attacks targeting the country parliament headquarters, officials said on Monday.

Somali News Update -Sunday - March 1, 2015

MOGADISHU, March 1 (Xinhua) --More than 10 people who were injured in a bomb attack at a hotel in Mogadishu have been flown to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for specialized treatment since local hospitals do not have the capacity, health minister said Sunday.

Somali News Update -Wednesday - Feb 25, 2015

President Barack Obama has nominated a career diplomat to be the first U.S. ambassador to Somalia in nearly 25 years, filling a post that has been vacant since the Horn of Africa country collapsed into chaos in 1991, forcing the closure of the American embassy.

Somali News Update -Tuesday - Feb 24, 2015

MOGADISHU - The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), United Kingdom and the United States of America have welcomed efforts by local elders and business people in Somalia’s central regions to mediate a peaceful solution to the recent conflict in Guricel.

Somali News Update -Saturday - Feb 21, 2015

MOGADISHU (HOL) --- Battling for improving the literacy for the Somali language, Somalia's president and his Djiboutian counterpart laid foundation stones for a new a academy aiming to enhance the Somali language spoken by the two countries.

Somali News Update -Friday - Feb 20, 2015

MOGADISHU (HOL) ---An attack on a luxury hotel in Somalia's capital killed twenty people, including two legislators, and stoked fears that the Al-Qaeda linked militants can access into sensitive locations in the city, officials told HOL.